Before Bravo fans watched Denise Richards on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and her more recent series, Denise Richards & Her Wild Things, she was married to one of Hollywood’s most infamous stars. Denise and Charlie Sheen tied the knot in 2002 after a whirlwind romance that instantly caught the tabloids’ attention.
They went on to have two daughters, Sami and Lola Sheen, but Charlie’s hard-partying, drug-fueled lifestyle quickly took its toll. Denise filed for divorce in 2005, and the couple’s split turned into one of Hollywood’s most dysfunctional.
Now, Denise is sharing what it was really like during Charlie’s most chaotic years. Her story involves late-night door pounding, a nervous Jon Cryer, and sandwiches served to a crowd she did not exactly plan for.
Denise Richards opened up in Charlie Sheen’s Netflix documentary
In the second episode of Netflix’s new doc, aka Charlie Sheen, Denise revealed she was often asked to check on her ex when he went missing from work.
“They would call me all the f*cking time to go there because I can’t get fired. I was your ex-wife, I was already fired,” she explained. “When they were desperate, they were like, ‘Could you please come over and see if he’s alive? We haven’t seen him for two days.’ And so, then I would pound on his door. And then I’d keep pounding. I’m like, ‘Open the f*ck up!’”
On one of those visits, she arrived with food. She found Charlie’s Two and a Half Men co-star, Jon Cryer, looking uneasy. “I’m making sandwiches and Jon was super nervous and he goes, ‘What are you doing?’ I go, ‘Well, he hasn’t eaten and I’m making sandwiches,’” Denise recalled.
The scene quickly got stranger. “And then you see two or three hookers come downstairs. And I remember Jon asking me, ‘Are you making them sandwiches?’ and I go, ‘Well, yeah. What am I gonna say? Sorry, because of what you do for a living, you don’t get one of my white trash mayo, mustard, turkey, cheese, lettuce sandwiches?’”
Denise – who’s currently going through another messy divorce – laughed about the moment, pointing out her sandwiches were more about function than flair. “It wasn’t like I was making a gourmet sandwich. Like, I’m trying to help keep him good,” she said. RHOBH fans might remember that Denise has fed Charlie’s paid companions more than once.
Today, things between the exes are far less dramatic. Denise and Charlie recently smiled side by side at the doc’s premiere, their first red carpet appearance together in 20 years. This time, the only thing on the menu was nostalgia.
aka Charlie Sheen is now streaming on Netflix. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Denise Richards & Her Wild Things stream on Peacock, or Hayu in the U.K. and Ireland.
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